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Dropkick Murphys, ‘Far Away Coast’ – Songs About Soldiers
Dropkick Murphys, ‘Far Away Coast’ – Songs About Soldiers
Dropkick Murphys, ‘Far Away Coast’ – Songs About Soldiers
Told from the perspective of a homesick soldier stuck "in the trenches, the fist of the beast," this acoustic folk ditty from Dropkick Murphys' 1998 debut carries neither a pro- nor antiwar message. The narrator is simply doing his duty, and as much as he'd like to be back home, enjoying the freedoms he might die at any minute for, he's not bitter...
Tom Waits, ‘Soldier’s Things’ – Songs About Soldiers
Tom Waits, ‘Soldier’s Things’ – Songs About Soldiers
Tom Waits, ‘Soldier’s Things’ – Songs About Soldiers
What's interesting about this tune from 'Swordfishtrombones' -- the 1983 album that saw Tom Waits trade his lounge-lizard piano-balladeer persona for the crazy carnival barker he's played ever since -- is what the lyrics don't tell us. Essentially, the song is a yard-sale pitch, a listing of items that once belonged to a soldier...
12 Years of DFA
12 Years of DFA
12 Years of DFA
If guests on hand next Saturday (May 25) for the '12 Years of DFA Records' party are the same folks who typically buy the label's releases, expect Brooklyn's Grand Prospect Hall to be filled with "really dorky white people." Those words come straight from 'Too Old to Be New, Too New to Be Classic,' a mini-documentary (watch below) about DFA produced by the Red Bull Music Academy, a trave
Marnie Stern – Rockers Too Sexy for Their Own Good
Marnie Stern – Rockers Too Sexy for Their Own Good
Marnie Stern – Rockers Too Sexy for Their Own Good
As if being a female guitarist in a dude-centric scene weren't hard enough, Marnie Stern is quite the looker. Sometimes, her cuteness can be a asset -- she promoted her latest album with a 'Win a Date With Marnie Stern' contest -- but often, when fans and critics praise her virtuosic shredding, it's done with thinly veiled sexism and condescension...

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